fMRI in the public eye

Eric Racine; Ofek Bar-Ilan; Judy Illes

doi:10.1038/nrn1609

journal article Feb 01, 2005

fMRI in the public eye

Eric Racine Ofek Bar-Ilan Judy Illes

Nature Reviews Neuroscience Vol. 6 No. 2 pp. 159-164 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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